Valve.



R'. w. WOOD.

, VALVE. APPLICATION I'ILED NOV.'-21, 1910.

Patented Ahg.'22,1911.

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1 airs "AT ROBERT W. WOOD, OF ASH'IABULA, OHIO.

- VALVE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug 22, 1911.

Application filed November 21, 1910. Serial No. 593,537.

' To all whom itmay' concern.

Be it known that I Ronini'r W. \Voon, a citizen of the Unlted State residing at .\shtabula. 1n the county of irshtabula and State ot Ohio, have invented certain new';'

and useful improvements in alves, of which the following IS.11 SlJCUlllCzll'lOIl, reference being had to the 'amron'ipanyiug draw ings. v This invention relates to val vesand more wardly. The intermediate connecting por- 5 tion oil this yoke is formed with an opening paiticularly to an improved check valve;

and has for its primary object, the provision of meansfor raising the valve from its seat in the event that the same sticks or adheres thereto owing to the nicrustatlon ot the metal.

Another objectof the invention is to provide means for regulating the extent if opening movement otithe valve.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a check valve having a removable seat and a valve member for engagemeut upon saidseat longitudinally n'iovable upon a stem; said stem being threaded in the valve casing and longitudinally movable therein whereby the valve member may be lifted from its sea-t.

'ith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectionv v of a check valve embodying my improvements; Fig: 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the valve member; and Fig.- 4; is a detail section illustrating a slight modification of the connection of the valve member iuid the stem.

lxeferring in detail to the drawing, 5 designates the valve causing said casing being formed with in iuteriorly threaded boss 5' to receive the right angularly extending plug- 6. "The casing 5 is formed with the inwardly extending walls 7 in which the valve seat 8 is threaded as indicated at the inner ends of said walls being integrally connected and provided with a threaded opening in such connecting portion to ceive the valve seat.

The valve member which is normally disposed upon the seat 8, 'is formed with a plurality of depending scraping fingers 10. A yoke 11 is integrally formed upon the i l l l t l I other face of the valve 9 and extends up-.

in which a collarli is removably fixed. A valvesteni 13 extends through the collar 12 and its lower end is reduced as shown at 13' and screw threaded to receive a nut 14-. A jam nut 15 is also threaded upon this reduced end of the valve stem and is adapted for engagement by the valve member 9"t0 limit the upward movement of said mem-- her. The plug (3 which is threaded into the valve casing 5 is tubular in form to provide a chamber 16 which receives the valve me1nher in its upward movement. The intermediate portion of the valve stem 13 is threaded as indicated at 17 for engagement in a threaded opening formed in the upper end of the plug 6. This plug is also formed uponits upper end with a reduced threaded portion 18 to receive the hon ,et 19 inwlrich suitable packing material may be arranged:

The valve member 9 normally disposed upon the. seat 8, the intermediate portion of the yoke 11 engaging upon the nut ,let threaded on the lower end of the stem 13.

llhen the valve has been out of service [for ing tothe corrosion-of the metals and the valve becomes so firmly fixed in its seat that I when the system in which the valve is used is again put into use, the pressure behind the valve will be insufficient to lift it from.

its seat. By means'of my device as above 'set forth, it is only necessary to rotate the valve stem 13 to thread the same upwardly cut ofi". Also, when the valve remains open for an extended length of time, the fingers 10 may adhere to the valve seat, and the valve member may be raised in the manner through the plug 6. The engagement of the.

above described and the rotation of thevalve stem then reversed to seat the valve.

It will be observed that in the normal position of the valve and when the same 1s free to move longitudinally upon the stem 13 there is a greater space between the nut l- 1- and the upper end of the chamber 16 of the plug. 6 t

am the space between the: jam

nut to the valve 9 so as to permit of the upward movement of the valve until it en a es said nr t. This movement however a: l a a is insutticient to dispose the lower ends of the-scraping fingers 10 above the valve seat, so that said fingers will be properly disposed for movement through the valve seat when the valve member again descends. In order" to regulatethe extent of movement. of said valve and to determine such movement in accordance with the pressure through the valve, the upper end of the stem 13 is provided with indicating marks or graduations 20. As shown in the drawing, these marks indicate a 9;, and full opening movement of the valve member. The upper end of the valve stem is provided with a hand wheel 21,.by means of which the same maybe readily rotated and threaded through the plug 6. By turning the valve stem until the graduation mark indicating 5} is in register with the upper edge of the opening in the bonnet 19, the lower end of the nut I5 will be so spaced from the valve member 9 that the valve will only be lifted one-quarteriof its full movement. \Vhen.

the pressure is greater, the movement may be increased by simply adjusting'the stem 13 through the plug.

In Fig. 4 a slight modification ot the 'means for connecting the valve membertol its stem is illustrated. In this form of the device, [the valve stem is formed upon its lower end with a slotted head 14 and between the upper ends of the arms of the yoke 11*, the collar 12* is threaded. The

nuts 14 and 15 shown-in Fig. 1 would only be required where the yoke is not provided with the threaded collar 12. In the modified construction the collar is of greater di ameter than the head 14. on the lower end of the stem so that by removing said collar, the stem may be. threaded upwardly and disconnected front the valve member. Thus the valve may be readily removed for. grlrpdlng. I

-l '-l1i'le I have designated my improved valve-,a check valve, it willbe obvious that the principles of constructirm may be upplied to any one of themany dillerent vari eties including cut-oll valves, and. blow-oil cocks, without materially altering the construction or departing from the novel fea tures of the invehtion'i From the above it is believed that the construction and manner of operation of my improved check valve will be readily understood. 'lhe,device is extremely simple and of great*convenien'ce and serviceability. ltnvill be apparent that the expense of maintaining such valves in a complicated piping system would be materially reducedby the useof rnv invention. as the is claimed is valve members frequently become so closely engaged upon their seatsv that it is impossible for them to be lifted by the ordinary pressures. My invention provides a check valve which may be quickly seated or unseated by manual adjustment of the stem and the extentof rnovement of the valve member under pressure regulated as desired. By providing the valve with the removable seat, said seat may be easily and quickly replaced by a new one when the same becomes worn to such an extent that it can be of no further service. It will further be obvious, that the valve is extremely durable in practical use, no springs orother easily breakable elements being employed, and that it may also be manufactured at a comparatively low cost.

\Vhile I" have the device is susceptible of considerable modification without departing from the essential featureor sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention.

Having thus describ dthe invention What In a valve of theeharacter described, the combination with a valve casing having .a valve seat therein, of a valve member nor mally arranged upon said seat, said membcr comprising upperand lower disks connected at diametrically opposite points by vertical arms, said lower portion of the valve member having a plurality of depending [scraping lingers formed thereon to en-- gage the valve seat, the ulpper portion of the valve member having a threaded bore, a chambered plug threaded into the valve casing, a valve stem having threaded engagement in said plug and movable longitudinally thercthrough, au'collar threaded into the bore of the valve member, said valve stem being loosely disposed through said collar and having a reduced screw threaded shown and described, the. preferred cdnstruction and arrangementz'ofthe various parts, it'will be understood thatlower end disposed between the arms of said valve .mcmber, nuts threaded thereon to secure the valve member on the stem for verl ieal movement with respect thereto, said valve member being movable into the-chamber of said plug, the length of the scraping fingers of said valve member being greater than the space between the lower body portion of said member and the nuts on the lower end of the valve stem, said'lower portion of the valve member having an outwardly inclined seat engaging face.

in testimony whereof l hereunto allix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT V. VOOD. W'itnesses E. MAsoN,

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